BIOGRAPHY

Alistair Byrne spent 10 years at AEGON Asset Management UK in a number of senior positions including Head of Investment Strategy and Head of Equity Research.

Alistair is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Edinburgh and previously held the same role at the University of Strathclyde, researching the investment issues faced by defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds. He is also a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School, London, which has an international reputation for pensions research.

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Seamus Gillen spent many years working in Whitehall, and was Private Secretary and adviser to John Prescott MP, Deputy Prime Minister, and John Gummer MP, Secretary of State for the Environment. He moved into industry as the Company Secretary and Director of Regulation of Anglian Water [later AWG] and was subsequently Head of Public Policy at mmO2. He left to set up his own company advising businesses on strategic disclosure, reputational risk and corporate responsibility, and advises AEIA on governance and public policy issues. Seamus is an MBA and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

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Philip Ingman FRICS ASI is Managing Director of Strutt & Parker Real Estate Financial Services Ltd (SPEFS). He was previously with LET plc and then SPP where he helped set up the fund management division, Celexa. During the 1990s Celexa was one of the best performing real estate asset managers with consistent good performance. He joined forces with Strutt & Parker in 2001 to set up SPREFS to provide a range of financial services on property backed assets. He currently sits on the Routes to Authorisation Group of the Investment Property Forum, is a Faculty Board member for the Investment Education Program and sits on numerous other committees especially in relation to REITS and Authorised Property Trusts where he represents the RICS at meetings with HM Treasury. Philip is a regular speaker at conferences on indirect investments and private client needs.

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Trevor Robinson´s entire business career has been spent in the derivatives markets. Having worked as a stockbroker, he was appointed Head of Derivatives at Scottish Provident, Edinburgh, in 1987. Three years later he became Head of Derivatives and a Director of Fidelity International, where he was responsible for all derivatives transactions, covering equities, bonds and currencies. Trevor has helped UK regulators design and implement rules on how derivatives should be used in unit trusts and insurance funds. He has also served on the Institutional Advisory Group of LIFFE and on committees for the Securities Institute and the UK Futures and Options Association.

In 1994, Trevor set up his own company which specialises in advising institutional investors on the sensible and appropriate use of derivatives in their investment portfolios, in particular their proper control. He authored a booklet entitled ´Equity Derivatives Made Simple´ for the NAPF and also advises on alternative investments such as hedge funds.